Western appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1885-18??, 1887-12-31
The New Year being leap year the
girls will have . chance to pop 70 basis
fnl lovers.
We are having pretty good Ice Palace
weather. now, and no mistake.
The Protective and Industrial
3 Bureau.

prospect OF achieving so much material
and practical good for the race, as can
1 the recently formed league. IL backed
by the sympathy and support Of the
six Thousand prosperous Colored citi.
zsns of Minnesota, it can find ready &c
cession to any quantity Of fertile farm
ing lands capable Of sustaining colonies
Lot thousands from the South. Should
Its leaders prove to be men who are I'M
selfshly devoted to the cause they have
undertaken, and should the Colored
citizens stand Loyalty to their support,
no difficulty will be experienced in So
curing all the financial backing neces-
sary to carry into successful execution
the immigration feature. Minnesota
has millions of acres of land Of unsur-
PASSED fertility, also has unparalleled
forests. Claims may be taken up where
the settlers can earn good wages the
whole winter, by cutting timber for the
railroads AS soon as an incorporation has
been effected ,one of the first things to do
will be to negotiate for favorable tracts
of land which the bureau should hold
Tor settlement; then means should be
provided and number of competant
men sent in the South to form colonies,
SO that In a short time, at least five
Thousand persons shall be here, settled
upon the land and another year should
witness the advent of five or ten
thousand more. Discerning Colored
capitalists need not ponder long to see
their way clear to immense fortunes.
Small farmers in the South; who, dur
Ing life time of labor, have not been
able to accumulate more than $500, can
readily find in this an opportunity to
realize the fulillment of their fondest
dreams.
The undertaking is mammoth one,
but Its every feature is feasible and it's
every detail easy of accomplishment, If
1t enlists in its support the unselish
and earnest efforts of competent men.
At the present rapid rate of progress,
twenty years more will find Minnesota
filed up with people now is the time
for the race to get in their work. If we
fail, ten years from now; we will be-
saving, like many of the old residents
of st. Paul now say, ''if I only had
known how it was going to turn out,
could have owned fortunes in real es-
tate This after wisdom is the capital
lof fools, forethought and prompt action
makes the fortunes of wise men. Let
US be awake to the opportunities of to-
day and enter heart and soul upon the
work before us. Five thousand dollars
|judiciously invested within the coming
two years. will represent one million
before two decades have passed away.
Five hundred dollars and five years OF
labor is equivalent to 100 acres of land,
good house, abundant stock, good
bank account, and q comfortable happy
home in free state and land of liber-
| ty. Let the success Of Nicode mus coun-
L ty, Kansas, be our encouragement and
let US be inspired to undertake, in the
moro favorable climate and circum-
stances of Minnesota, far greater en-
deavor. Minnesota being SO remote
from the South, will escape the incom-
ing Of. drifters and be blessed with only
the harder and holder representa-
tives of the race. What we want are
thoughtful men, men who deliberate
frst, men who having once begun will
not back down.
Yours for the cause,